Also Attacks ‘Crooked’ Hillary Clinton
President Donald Trump apparently has a lot of free time on his hands today. Early this morning he posted a very angry tweet confirming that he is, indeed, under criminal investigation for obstruction of justice. A few hours later, the President posted another angry, juvenile tweet, attacking Special Counsel Robert Mueller, calling him “very bad” and accusing him of (not kidding) leading “the single greatest WITCH HUNT in American political history.”
Someone clearly hasn’t cracked a history book in a long time.
And now, in the middle of what should be for the leader of the free world a busy Thursday afternoon workday, Trump has posted yet another angry, juvenile tweet, this time complete with typos.
“Why is that Hillary Clintons family and Dems dealings with Russia are not looked at, but my non-dealings are?” Trump tweeted.
And then, minutes later, an even more disturbing, conspiracy theory-laden freak-out tweet:
“Crooked H destroyed phones w/ hammer, ‘bleached’ emails, & had husband meet w/AG days before she was cleared- & they talk about obstruction?”
Anyone who is paying attention, or not spending their days on far right wing websites like Breitbart or World Net Daily, would know this last tweet is full of baloney.
New York Times reporter Sopan Deb notes Trump’s tweet comes straight out of his campaign speeches:
For those who hadn’t heard, Clinton did noting wrong by destroying cell phones. In fact, WIRED in September of last year reported, “ACTUALLY, CLINTON SHOULD HAVE DESTROYED HER PHONES BETTER.”
Trump, with his usual talent for avoiding nuance, summed up the criticism: “People who have nothing to hide don’t smash phones with hammers.” But ask a few security and forensics experts, and they’ll tell you Clinton’s mistake wasn’t destroying the devices. If anything, she should have wrecked them more thoroughly.
Whether you’re a Secretary of State with a phone full of classified documents or an average sext-sending citizen, data removal is a crucial security step before you let a device leave your control or recycle it. And security experts agree there’s at least one surefire way to be certain that data is truly removed and unrecoverable: kill the hardware.
Same with the emails.Â
Sounds like Trump is in an emotional downward spiral.Â
Who knows where this will go?
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